2022 Best Value Animal Science Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Animal Science Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 7,374 people earned their degree in animal sciences, general, making the major the 106th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 349 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 34 animal sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Animal Science Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in animal sciences, general. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality animal sciences, general programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the animal sciences, general program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The animal science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Animal Science Schools for an Associate in the New England Region”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Animal Science Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Animal Science Schools for an Associate in the New England Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General in the New England Region

#1

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Durham, New Hampshire

#2 in overall quality

$24,067 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Animal Science Schools for an Associate in the New England Region. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Durham, New Hampshire. It awarded 11 associates’s animal science degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH also made our “Best Animal Sciences, General Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $24,067 for New England Region Associate Degree Animal Science students per year to attend UNH.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Animal Sciences, General at UNH

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$22,012 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Animal Science Schools for an Associate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school awarded 23 degrees to qualified associates’s animal science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region associate degree animal science students list, UCONN has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Animal Sciences, General Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $22,012 for new england region associate degree animal science students per year to attend UCONN.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Animal Sciences, General at UCONN

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Animal Sciences, General

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Billy Hathorn.

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